Caught My Dad Cheating & Told Me to Keep My Mouth Shut or He Would Cut My Inheritance, but I Told...

caught my dad cheating and told me to keep my mouth shut or he would cut my inheritance but I told my stepmom anyway now she got half his money in the divorce and his mistress left him I have had the absolute Misfortune of being born in a literal movie my family is the most dysfunctional family in the history of families and even the toxicity shown in movies is no match for what I have been born into I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy but it is what it is and I can only live through

it I had thought that things would get better but I think some people enjoy toxicity and if they don't find it they cannot Thrive my dad is one of those people he likes being a victim and if he is not on the receiving end of poor treatment that allows him to victimize himself he goes on and creates situations that disrupt peace my f30 parents divorced when I was 3 years old apparently as my dad says he and Mom were never compatible and the marriage was the biggest mistake of their lives they got married young and

had me within a year of their wedding so initially it was the honeymoon phase and things were looking fine it all went South later when my mom realized that she was just not cut out for Parenthood and that a child was not just a doll you play dress up with but a big responsibility you have to shoulder for the rest of your life she freaked out and ran this is the short version of the story the long version is that my biological mom was stunning every guy would fall madly in love with her and pursue

her to the ends of time somehow she got together with Dad and they had me however mom realized that she was not satisfied she did not like being a wife or a mother she hated the fact that she was committed to somebody in any capacity and she wanted her Freedom back so she did what any mature person would do she cheated kindly note the sarcasm and not just once she cheated multiple times every single time she got caught she apologized but started the same thing again Dad thinks it was actually on purpose her getting caught

she didn't want to leave herself so she created a situation that would force dad to leave her but Dad was crazy about her so he kept tolerating everything it was toxic and I don't know how he managed to live with her for so long but ultimately she had had enough she abandoned us for one of her Partners no one knows which one and ran off we have had no news of her since Dad tried his hardest to look for her to reach out but she just vanish like a phantom I was just three and that's

why I have no memory of her to me she is just a figure from my dad's past she is in no way my mother she doesn't deserve that title once she left dad drowned himself in work he started a business that became hugely successful and he has minted a lot of money since then I think if my bioom knew what dad had created in his net worth she would come running back but thank God she didn't because Dad met an amazing woman soon after and she is the person who is my real mother and my

real family I love her more than I love my dad and she is the best stepmother or rather parent that anyone could ever ask for Dad met mom stepmom but I just call her mom when I was six and they got married when I was eight she was always always nice to me I remember that I was very apprehensive about her initially but she took things nice and slow with me and I warmed up to her very soon to the extent that I used to be attached at her hip she took me out for movies

to the arcade and all this before they got married when I asked her why she put in so much effort into me as an adult she said that she wanted to create a family with me rather than just be my dad's wife she knew what she was getting into and she wanted to do full Justice to that role and it is safe to say that she did after after all these years I can confidently say that I couldn't have asked for a better mother dad and she got married and 2 years later she gave birth

to twins my brothers Arthur and Alex I was a little worried when they were born because I thought that they were mom's real family and now she wouldn't see me as her own but I was wrong right after they were born and she came back home she called me and told me that I was her first kid and nothing on Earth could change that I remember hugging her and weeping like an infant I love my brothers and was very Hands-On with them and and even though raising twins was difficult mom made sure to make time

for me we still had our weekly movie Nights even though I said no because I knew how taxing it would get for her but I think more than me she was worried that I would feel neglected and she wanted me to realize that she was still my mother and the twins didn't change anything we have been a happy family for as long as I can remember dad got really busy with his business so it was mostly the four of us mom me Alex and Arthur and our little world together we thought dad was busy making

money for the family but we found out recently that Dad was busy doing something entirely different when I went to college I got a full scholarship dad had a college fund for me but I didn't need it and he said that he would give it to me later because I had no use for it at that point and I agreed with him I could use that money to maybe buy a house or invest I was sure I didn't need it for college I graduated from college and got a job in a different state I stayed

in touch with my family and I am still close to Arthur and Alex and I know all about their lives a month ago on my way to work I spotted dad with someone a woman I didn't know her and I knew for sure that she wasn't family alarm Bells started ringing in my head why was he in my city without informing me there was something Shady going on for sure I called him up and I saw him receive my call I tried to talk as normally as possible and asked him what he was up to

he lied to me through his teeth and said that he was busy and that he would talk to me later I knew what was up he was having an affair I decided to follow him and see what he was up to I followed him and I saw that they checked into a hotel I booked a room there and followed them I could faintly make out his room number and went and knocked on his door pretending to be housekeeping he fell for it and opened the door when he saw me it felt as though someone had

put a gun to his head I pushed my way inside and saw a woman that I hadn't seen before I just sat on the bed shamelessly and asked him to explain he tried to be dismissive and deflect the blame and said that I had no business interfering in his personal matters I told him that if he did not tell me what the hell he was up to I would call Mom up right now and expose him I think that scared him and he admitted that he had been having an affair with this woman for the

past 10 years now and that she was the love of his life I looked at him in disbelief I couldn't even imagine that he would cheat on someone like Mom she was the kindest and best woman in the world and you had to be a different kind of evil to cheat on her I told him what was the need to cheat on her and he said that he did not have the heart to divorce her and that she would have nowhere to go if he left her I was stunned and told him that he was

a disgraceful man for cheating on Mom and that I would tell her anyway he then changed his entire defense and tried to say that after the kids were born mom and he degraded into a roommate kind of situation in a few years and that's why they opened their relationship I told him that open relationships do not work this way at all they do not entail having a stable partner of 10 years outside the marriage so he did not need to be an ass and lie to me I told him that I was not buying these

lies and he could do whatever he wanted but I was going to talk to Mom he kept on saying that it was an open relationship and my whole point was that if that were true I would just call up Mom and confirm he was adamant that he didn't want me to call her and that's how his entire Bluff of the open marriage fell through I had a big fight with him and I called him and his mistress all sorts of names I told him that he had done the same thing to Mom that his first

wife my biological mother had done to him he defended himself saying that these were two completely different things and that I would understand when I was older I told him that I was already 30 and I didn't need to be older to understand what was really happening he said that the issue with his first wife was completely different because she was a Serial cheater and she cheated just for the heck of it he was apparently actually in love which is why according to him what he was doing was justified and what my biom mom did

wasn't I told him that if these stupid justifications helped him sleep better at night he was free to buy into them and Gaslight himself but this nonsense would not work on me I told him that I was going to talk to Mom whether he liked it or not and there was nothing he could do to stop me he physically restrained me from leaving the room and told me that if I exposed him to Mom he would kick me out of the inheritance and that I would never see a single penny of the wealth he had

made I looked at him in shock and then I started laughing I told him that I had never known he could stoop to such levels to save his ass and that I didn't want his dirty money anyway I told him to shove his wealth up his ass and because of this little stun of his I was going to involve Arthur and Alex too let the world and his kids know what he was really up to they are 20 years old now and that is old enough to know these things and have an opinion on them

he begged me to reconsider when the ultimatum didn't work he tried bribing me he said that he would give me full ownership of his business at the expense of Arthur and Alex I could not believe how he was stooping to levels I previously thought never even existed I told him that if he thought I would sabotage my brother's future for wealth he did not know me at all I also told him that I was glad mom had raised me and not him because clearly with his moral compass I could literally give competition to the devil

I stormed out of the room and I couldn't stop crying it felt as though my world had come crashing down and that I had to shoulder the burden of God knows what but I knew I had to act fast he would try and manipulate mom and tell her a half-baked story that would make the truth look inconsistent I booked a ticket to their place immediately took a weeks leave from the office and left that very night I knew this was not something that could be done over the phone I had to be present because I

knew Mom would break down and Arthur and Alex are in college and with this news mom couldn't be left alone I reached the next day and mom was overjoyed to see me she thought I had come to give her a surprise and I had to stop myself from crying she had devoted her entire life to this man and he had betrayed her in the worst possible way he had been living a double life for 10 years while all this time she was playing wife and mother to his kids and making his house a home it

was a Pity and I have never felt such rage as I felt at that moment if Dad were there I knew I would have bashed his skull open I tried to control my emotions and asked Mom when Dad would be back she told me that he had actually gone for a week-long trip but had called her at night saying that he was coming back urgently she was even happier because she thought that now I would get to meet Dad as well I had absolutely no idea how I was going to break this news to her

but I also knew that as her daughter and as a woman it was my responsibility to tell her no matter the consequences I knew that Dad would kick me out of the inheritance and I knew that Mom would be devastated and heartbroken but I couldn't just stay quiet I had to do this for her and I decided to do it when dad was home he came home that night and he was stunned to see me he knew that the inevitable was coming and he just looked so utterly defeated that for a fraction of a second

I felt sorry for him but it was only for a fraction of a second I sat them down and told Mom that I had something to tell her and I let everything out I told her what I saw I told her I called him he lied to me and then I followed him I also told her how he pretended that they were in an open relationship and all that nonsense that he had spouted that day I didn't miss out on a single detail obviously she was shocked and in complete denial initially when Dad saw her

reluctance to accept the obvious he pounced at the chance and started to give some lame ass excuse but she cut him off in the middle of his speech and then they fought and they fought like two lions at each other's throats my mother has always been a gentle person I have rarely seen her yell be angry or react violently she has always been the kind to have control over her emotions but not that day that day she was livid they fought for what I think was an hour or more it was just plain yelling and

mudslinging from both ends and I didn't say anything but just sat there and listened to them curse each other out I don't know what outcome they wanted from the fight because there is no coming back from this Mom is not someone who will ever condone or tolerate cheating she said that they were over and that she was going to go ahead with the divorce but she wanted to do it gracefully for the sake of the kids but my dad I don't know what kind of man he has become said that he would not let her

leave him and that he was calling Arthur and Alex home so they could talk some sense into her her he got their tickets done that night itself and they arrived 2 Days Later those two days were complete hell in the house I stayed with Mom the entire time and dad moved to the spare room they weren't talking to each other and I wasn't talking to Dad either dad went to pick the boys up from the airport and I don't know what he said to them but when they came back they were completely brainwashed mom tried

to be dignified about the entire situation and both she and I had thought the boys would take her side and kick dad to the curb but the exact opposite happened they took dad's side and told Mom to suck it up and not break the family I wanted to slap them right then it was Alex speaking but it looked like Arthur was in full agreement dad looked smug about the entire situation and I knew that he had tempted them with money I got up and asked them if Dad had put their college funds over their heads

and they didn't say anything I kept asking them if that was the truth but they just refused to budge I told them that I would help them get loans and help them repay them as well and they did not have to be scared and support dad because they felt they had no other option but they didn't say anything they just kept paring what Dad said the other night I didn't even have the guts to look at Mom I knew how heartbroken she must have been and I know she had raised them better than that Dad

couldn't exploit me because he knew that I wasn't financially dependent on him but this was where he had an edge over Arthur and Alex he could just choose to cut them off anytime he is such a lowly scumbag and I am disgusted that I am biologically related to him mom asked the twins if they genuinely thought she should continue in the marriage with a cheater and they said yes she said that she was sorry they felt that way but she wouldn't oblige their wishes she said that she was going to file for divorce whether anyone

liked it or not and whether she had any support or not I immediately went to her and told her that she had my full support and that she had no reason to worry about anything dad sent the boys to their room and asked Mom to reconsider in a condescending tone the was not even ashamed of his behavior and told her that the entire blame for breaking the family would fall on her shoulders if she proceeded with this she said that that was a cross she was willing to Bear but she couldn't stand being married to

a cheater that was the end of the discussion between them and Dad left in a huff I have come back to work now and I am in regular touch with Mom I don't know what's going to happen and I feel so sad that I am not there to support her during this time but I have my obligations too I just hope the boys see sense and choose the right thing instead of being scared about the future if dad takes away their funds I know they are in a difficult position but I just wish they had

the guts to stand up to this blatant tyranny and be there for their mom who needs their support now more than ever update one mom has filed for divorce she tried to do it the nice way but then she found out that Dad had genuinely kicked me out of the inheritance and I would get nothing if she proceeded with a divorce he told her that I was the one who was supporting her and he tried to blackmail her saying that if she actually filed he would kick me out and ensure that I never saw a

single penny of the college fund or the family wealth ever again I think that was his last bargaining chip with her and he was trying everything in the book to make sure that Mom didn't didn't leave him he knew that mom loved me and that she would not agree to anything that would sabotage my life or my future and he was using this to his Advantage too bad for him that now I'm a grown woman and I don't need his scraps he cannot keep his filthy money over me and manipulate me and I would not

let him do this to Mom either mom called me in tears saying that she was thinking she wouldn't leave him because he had told her that he would not give me anything it broke my heart to see that even in a situation like this where she was so miserable she was thinking about me I told her not to worry about me and to go ahead with a divorce I told her that I was doing really well for myself and that I didn't need his dirty money anyway she broke down and thanked me for standing by

her and I reassured her that I will always stand by her now comes the interesting part mom got in touch with her lawyer and the lawyer is very smart and shrewd and he has taken dad to task mom had not given me the details of the divorce but Dad called me up yesterday and started yelling at me saying that I was the one who was supporting mom and ruining him and that I was no daughter of his if I left this continue I had no idea what he was talking about so I called up Mom

and surprisingly she seemed in a very good mood she had moved out earlier and was living with a friend and that is when she gave me the spicy details and I couldn't stop laughing when I heard the story Karma had come to bite my father in the ass and now he was too deep in his own mess to do anything about it I think that is what arrogance does to a person it makes him feel that he is invincible and clouds his memory and keeps him away from reality too bad he came crashing down down

to the ground years and years ago when Mom and Dad were married mom had sold her jewelry and family heirlooms to fund dad's business none of us knew this mom said that she never felt the need to tell us or involve Us in these financial matters and that she had given that money to Dad because she trusted him and wanted him to create a name for himself never in a million years had she anticipated that he would be the one to turn around and stab her in the back when Mom disclosed this to her lawyer

he took Dad to task mom has asked for a 50% stake in dad's business because of the investment she made into it all those years ago the issue is that the business cannot run in a partnership I can't disclose much about his work because I don't want this going public and now mom's lawyer says that Dad will either have to buy out her half or just run the business in Partnership which is not practically possible so essentially dad is completely screwed and now I think this is why he seemed so scared when I had caught

him and told him that I would be telling Mom I think he knew that if this went public mom would leave him and since she had invested so much he would have to give her half the business now he wants to make amends but Mom is not in the mood and rightly so there is no other compromise that she is open too and it seems that the judge is leaning heavily in her favor dad's little affair with the love of his life has ended up being very costly for him it has cost him his family

and now his entire career and I couldn't be happier men like him who exploit their wives and take them for granted deserve this and much worse update two the divorce has been finalized mom is a single woman and she has possession of half of Dad's assets dad is mad about it and he hasn't stopped ranting about it to anyone who has ears everyone is sick of his nonsense though and he is losing people who would even be willing to speak to him by the minute and the best part of it all is that the love

of his life his mistress of the last 10 plus years has left him the minute she found out that he had no money left was the minute she left him so Dad essentially lost his family his money and his respect for a woman who left him the minute his net worth haved and the entire charm of being involved with a rich and married man wor off he is The Biggest Loser at the end of it all and I am so happy about it once the divorce was finalized I sent him a text that he was

dead to me from that day on and that he had no reason to contact me ever again I have blocked him since then and I honestly don't want anything to do with him anymore he can rot in hell with his filthy morals for all I care and now for the most interesting part of it all mom has willed the entire share of her property and assets to me because she knew that Dad wasn't going to give me anything and had basically bought Arthur and Alex by keeping their funds and his money over their heads she

didn't want me to lose out which is why she has publicly declared that she is going to give everything to me when Arthur and Alex got to know about this they called me up and demanded that I split my share with them because we are family and family is supposed to look out for each other I told them that Mom was their family too but they did not have these strong opinions when she was sobbing and asking them for support they had nothing to say to that but were insistent that I split my share with

them I told them that they were behaving like in titled Bratz and while I know Dad had them under his thumb they still had to at least be decent human beings and that is when Arthur said something I will never forget he said that since I was not mom's real daughter I had no right to that money anyway and that only they were mom's real family I asked Alex if he felt the same way as his brother and he said yes it hurt like hell I didn't expect such a low blow from them I know

they said it out of anger and that they didn't mean it but I don't care it was hurtful and mean and I don't think I can forgive them for that I told them that if they were mom's real family why was I the only one standing with her when she needed support why didn't they speak up then I said that if I was not their real family they had no business talking to me and begging me for scraps I cut the call and blocked them I know they are kids but at 20 years old you

need to have some kind of sensitivity to such issues and I know that I'm going to forgive them ultimately but as of now I just can't talk to them they have hurt me a lot and maybe I will get over it in time and we will normalize things but now I just want space and I need the mental peace and stability to be able to look after my mother and be there for her she has been very strong throughout this ordeal and it is my turn to support her and give her love and care just

like she has been doing for me ever since I was a kid